Research at Moores Cancer Center in San Diego

Delivering Discoveries

Cancer Research, Clinical Trials, and Cancer Care

A Message From the Director

In April of 2005, Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health debuted our revolutionary building bringing together research, education, and clinical care under one roof. This allows clinicians and scientists to communicate more efficiently and work together to advance patient care through translational research.

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Scott Lippman, MD, Director of Moores Cancer Center

450+

Cancer Center Members

26

Most highly-cited cancer researchers in the world

260+

Clinical trials currently enrolling cancer patients

New Research, New Discoveries

UC San Diego to Expand Cancer Stem Cell Research in Space

Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, co-leads groundbreaking research on first all-private mission to International Space Station.

Hanna and Mark Gleiberman Give $12 Million to UC San Diego

This transformative gift will strengthen the impact of our cutting-edge head and neck cancer research program.

Mission: Search and Destroy Prostate Cancer

How advances in imaging, genomics and new therapies have changed prostate cancer treatment.

Hideki Ueno, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan; Professor, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Tumor antigen-specific T cell responses in human malignancies

December 10, 4PM PST on Zoom

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Education and Training Programs

A vital part of our mission is to provide equitable access to high quality cancer-related training activities and educational opportunities that extend from high school through the undergraduate, graduate, and junior faculty phases of a cancer research career. We invite you to explore our programs:

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